American Sign Language:  "favor"

 

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favor:
 

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"Do you mind doing me a favor?"

In a message dated 2/16/2010 2:05:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, an ASL teacher in Hawaii writes:

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Aloha Dr. Bill,
Do you have a sign for "do me a favor"?  I can't find it on your website ... just "favor" ... but I used to see a lot the sign [(dominant hand) "1" on tip of nose swinging down and outward twice] used for "would you do me a favor?"
Mahalo no kokua,
Beth
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Beth,
A good way to express the concept of "Do me a favor?" would be to sign:
"YOU-MIND FAVOR FOR ME?"
Or state the favor and follow up with the "YOU-MIND?" sign.
For example:  "MY CAR BOX, YOU-MIND BRING-to-here?"
--Bill